Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1887-1890, 1887-06-22
NEWS OF THE DAY.

WASHINGTON, June 18.-President Cleve,
land recently, at the suggestion of Adjutant
General Drum, authorized the war depart.
lnent to return all the battle flags in its
possession to their respective states. This
caused a great cutlery on the part of the
Grand Army of the Republic and protests
came in from many posts. On Thursday
President Cleveland suspended the order
inthe following letter addressed to the
Secretary of War:
81 have to-day considered with more
care than when the subject was orally pre-
scented to me, the action OF your depart
ment directing letters to be addressed to
the governors of all states, Offering to re-
turn, if desired, to loyal states the union
flags captured during the wal Of the re-
bellion by the confederate forces, and af-
forwards recovered by government troops,
and to the confederate states the flags
captured by the Union forces, all OF which
for many years have been packedin boxes
and slowed in the cellar and the attic OF
the wal department. am OF opinion that
the return of the flags in the manner thus
contemplated is not authorized by execu-
tive laws nor justified as an executive act
Irequest, therefore, that no further steps
be taken in the matter, except to m
and inventory these flags and adopt proper
measures for their preservation. ANY dI-
reetion as to the final disposition of them
should originate with congress. Yours
truly,
JAMESTOWN, Oak, June 12.-Possibly
the largest and most effective financial
organization that has ever been formed to
do business in Dakota territory filed its
articles of incorporation yesterday at Bis
marck, and becomes an institution that
will easily take the front rank with all
similar organizations in the territory 1t is
the reorganization of the North Dakota
Land s. Trust Company of jamestown into
another company under the same name.
This company gives way to-day to the
new organization. organized with ex-
Governor Gilbert A. Pierce as president,
Alfred Dickey, vice-president, and James
A. Haight, ex-clerk of the supreme court
of Dakota, secretary. Among the stock
holders are: E. Ii. Wells, OF the James
River National bank, and half a dozen
bankers and capitalists OF New Hampshire,
New York and Delaware. The directors
me James J.. Hill, Harvey Kennedy, u. ?.
Wells, Alfred Dickey, J. A. Halght, IL. 1.
Mall and Gilbert A. Pierce. 1t is esti-
mated that the individual capital OF the|
members of thee company exceed $50,O00,-
600. Much of the credit of the organiza-
ton is due to two jamestown citizens
L. P. Wells and Alfred Dickey. Governor
Pierce is already in the city, and will
probable take up his residence here. Sec
rotary Haight will also live here.
SANTA Rosa, Cal, June 15.-The TWEEN |
ty-fve mile race between G. M. Anderson
of San Francisco and Scoville and GARLIC
of Santa Rosa was one of the ~liveliest af-
fairs ever seen here. The excitement was |
running so high at one time that blows
were resorted to in settling a knotty dis
pute. 1t was settled so quickly that the
race was not interrupted. The race was
for $500. Scoville got the lead and held
till the beginning of the third mile,
when he mounted an unmanageable and
unframed horse, which bucked and cut a
variety of capers. thus putting Anderson
nearly a mile ahead, which was soon in
to over a mile. But Scovilie pass
ed him in the twenty-third mile, reducing
Anaerson's lead to fifty feet less than a
mile. The race was won by Anderson.
Time. one hour and two minutes.
ALBANY, June 16.-Democrats Of PROM
inence here say they fear the party is go
ing to lose the state this fall in conse-
quence Of the United Labor party rum
ming a state ticket. The Democratic state
plurality is such a small n that the di-
of a few thousand Democratic
votes to the support Of the United Labor
party's candidate would AUS the defeat
the Democratic party and the success
the Republican party. Not since 1882
has the Democratic party had a majority
in the state elections. Governor Hill has
instituted measures to prevent such 4 ticket
being nominated through the Democratic
members of the legislature and the Demo-
cratic leaders from New York. The sue
of his plan is doubtful.
CHICAGO, June 14.-Demoralization and
financial disaster overlook the great wheat
to-day. The much Wanted COM
bine is smashed. The wheat pit was in a
panic for an hour. June option dropped
from 924 to 1924, the most sensational
scene in this market in its history; 10000
900 bushels of grain collected here and
held by a mysterious combination, Of which
knew anything to a certainty, will
now be sold out sunder the hammer"
The panic convulsed the Milwaukee and
other markets. According to the latest
the leading Chicago houses who
we're involved are on their feet again.
A farmer of Posey county, Indiana, who
could not be induced to put his trust in
paid taxes for many years on $4,000
n cash, which he declared he had buried
or safe keeping on his farm. He died a
hort time ago without disclosing the hid
ng place of the treasure, and his admin
strator has been unable to solve the prob
He is being assisted, though, by
nearly the entire population of the county,
o Judge from the number of persons who